Experience

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  Consultant and Advisory Services

  • Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

  • Club and Hospitality Management Consultant

    • Feb 2020 - Present
    • Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

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  Tamahaac Club

  • Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

  • Club General Manager

    • Feb 2013 - Feb 2020
    • Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

    The Tamahaac Club, a traditional family private club (est. 1912), offers skeet shooting, tennis, walking trails, private functions and overnight accommodation. One arrives at the Club's gates along a winding drive through a Carolinian forest to a three storey clubhouse with a spectacular view from the top of the Niagara Escarpment.

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  Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon Limited

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Executive Assistant to the Chairman & CEO for the LOM Toronto and New York Offices

    • Dec 2012 - Feb 2013
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    LOM is a boutique brokerage research-based institutional equity firm with a strong focus in select industries that include techology, healthcare and mining.

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  PMG Business Services Inc.

  • Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

  • Hospitality Consultant

    • Feb 2012 - Nov 2012
    • Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

    PMG Business Services Inc. began operation in 1993 as Productivity Management Group servicing mid-sized clients in the technology sector. Over the past decade it has moved its focus to assisting businesses in a variety of sectors. The company's primary offering remains accounting and financial services but it also includes a wider range of services. Businesses operated by clients include: distribution, light manufacturing and international sales, leading marketing firms, private clubs including Tier 1 golf and country clubs, and selected local community-based arts organizations.

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  St. George's Golf and Country Club

  • United States
  • Recreational Facilities
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Clubhouse Manager

    • Jan 1991 - Jan 2012

    St. George's Golf and Country Club was built in 1929 by Robert Home Smith. The 18-hole course is a legendary ‘Stanley Thompson’ championship masterpiece, and it was combined with an outstanding 6-sheet curling rink. The club ranks in the top 100 in the world, number 10 in the world outside the United States and number 1 in Canada with over 1,200 members and offers year-round fine dining and diverse club functions in the unique English Tudor style clubhouse. Renowned worldwide as a pure test of golf, St. George’s has been the host club for many significant tournaments including five Canadian Opens (most recently the RBC 2010 Canadian Open), five LPGA tournaments, the du Maurier Champions Canadian Men’s Senior Open and many major amateur events.- Responsible for all activities in the Clubhouse including Food & Beverage, Special Events, Communications & Publications, Housekeeping, Locker Room, Maintenance, Security- Highly organized administration - Effective inter-departmental communications - Directed and coordinated all the internal and external special events including the RBC 2010 Canadian Open, Dominion 2009 Curling Club Championship, du Maurier 1997 Champions Canadian Senior Men's Tournament, du Maurier 1984 Ladies' Professional Golf Tournament- Planned and implemented several major capital projects

  • Club Manager

    • Apr 1984 - Dec 1990

    - Responsible for all aspects of the organization's operations and fiscal management- Instrumental in facilitating and achieving a successful Facility Master Plan Phase 1 renovation - Hosted the LPGA du Maurier Tournament - Restructured the senior management team

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  The Briars Resort & Country Club and Conference Centre

  • Jackson's Point, Ontario, Canada

  • Assistant Manager

    • Apr 1977 - Mar 1984
    • Jackson's Point, Ontario, Canada

    The Briars is year-round premier heritage Ontario lakeside resort owned and operated by the Sibbald family, an hour north of Toronto on Lake Simcoe’s south-east shore. Activities offered at The Briars include a championship 18-hole ‘Stanley Thompson/Robbie Robinson’ golf course, 2 outdoor pools, indoor pool, whirlpool and sauna, spa and exercise room, games rooms, beach with water sports, tennis courts, walking trails, cross country skiing, planned recreational programs for young and ‘young at heart’, fine dining, conference facilities and a wide variety of excellent accommodations at The Inn and Cottage areas.- Managed the Food & Beverage Operations, Special Events, Catering and Conferences, Maintenance & Housekeeping- Assisted the owners, John and Barbara Sibbald, in the major project building of a seasonal resort to a year-round resort and conference centre- Assisted and was key liaison between the project construction and member services in a second major building and renovation expansion in 1982- Created all the initial written policies and operating procedures for food & beverage, catering, conference and maintenance departments at the Briars and was an accredited trainer